The Role
From July 2024 to July 2025, I worked as EU Communication Manager at Fundación Equipo Humano — a Valencia-based foundation specialising in employment, entrepreneurship and human resources development through European funding programmes.
As the only person in the communications function, I managed the full communications output of the organisation: internal brand, external presence and EU compliance reporting across a portfolio of simultaneous projects involving partners in up to 10 countries at a time. I worked in a hybrid setup, coordinating closely with the organisation’s designer throughout.
Projects
Continuous EU programmes:
- Erasmus for Young Entrepreneurs (EYE) — ongoing programme focused on entrepreneurship and cross-border business exchange
- EURES TMS — European employment mobility programme focused on employability and talent matching
Erasmus+ KA2 and LIFE projects:
- MH4HRM — Mental Health Toolkit for Human Resources Managers in the Workforce
- MORAL — Micro-credentials in key skills
- AISkills4CircularTransition — AI skills for sustainable and circular economy transition
Scope & Responsibilities
EU compliance reporting: Produced 6-monthly justification and follow-up reports for the European Commission across all active projects — consolidating multi-source data, activity summaries and communications outcomes into the structured formats required by each funding programme.
Partner coordination: Managed communications coordination with partner organisations across 6 to 10 countries per project — aligning on deliverables, gathering content and ensuring consistent communication outputs across institutional and cultural contexts.
Proposal writing: Contributed regularly to the drafting of new project proposals — writing the communications and impact sections for funding applications submitted to the European Commission.
Brand system & design templates: On joining the organisation, I led an overhaul of the communications workflow. Working with the designer, I developed a comprehensive template system covering all recurring communication formats — for every project, usable by both internal staff and external partners without breaking visual consistency. The goal was to decentralise routine design tasks away from the designer, freeing up her capacity for more complex work and significantly reducing turnaround times across the team. This is the work I’m most proud of from this role.
Organisational communications: Managed Fundación Equipo Humano’s own brand communications — both as a project partner and as an independent organisation — across digital channels and external-facing materials.
What This Role Demonstrates
Managing communications for multiple simultaneous EU projects — each with its own partners, timelines, deliverables and reporting requirements — demands a level of organisational rigour that goes well beyond content production. Every report submitted to the European Commission had to be accurate, structured and on time, regardless of what else was moving in parallel.
The brand system work reflects something I care about: building infrastructure that makes good communications sustainable. Templates are not a shortcut — they are a strategic decision about where expertise should sit and how an organisation’s visual identity survives day-to-day production pressure.
Impact
- 5+ simultaneous European projects managed across the full communications lifecycle
- 6-monthly EU compliance reports delivered for all active projects
- Partners coordinated across up to 10 countries per project
- Full brand template system implemented across all projects and formats
- Design workload decentralised, reducing dependency and improving team efficiency
- New project proposals contributed to as a regular part of the role